QMIR 2026

Week 2: Reproducible Research with R, Quarto & Git

Tristan Muno
February 9, 2026

Notes on last week

  • Send me GitHub Account name/email
  • If you mail me please include QMIR in the Betreff
  • I show you a complex workflow, but be pragmatic not dogmatic
    • Tools should serve you, not the other way around
  • 80/20 principle
  • Dont let perfect be the enemy of good

Agenda

  1. Recap: The toolbox
    • Positron
    • Quarto
    • Git and GitHub

Positron

Quarto

quarto render mydocument.qmd
quarto preview mydocument.qmd

Git

git add mydocument.qmd

-> this command tells git to stage a change

git commit mydocument.qmd -m "Made some changes"

-> this command tells git to commit a change

git push

-> this command tells git to push the newest changes to the remote repository on GitHub

GitHub

Course GitHub

Thank you for your attention and see you next week!

Please make sure to install all software and send me your GitHub name or email address.